Wednesday, November 12, 2008

The Gentlemen's Game and The Winners

This is my first blog… Never thought I would write it about Cricket… But the timing is perfect… (Self proclaimed) world champs are biting dust… at the hands of gods of cricket… They tried everything.. mind games, sportsman spirit ( by provoking highest run scorer from Indian side and so on). A former sportman (hahaha I know I am kidding whenever I am calling any player from that team a sportsman) even tried accusing GOD OF CRICKET (no need to provide HIS name… :P). But all in vein. They got what they deserved.. Not one, But two tight slaps…: P

 

Long time ago, the game was called Gentlemen’s game. But nowadays, very few countries are playing with cricketing rules.. Not long back.. an year ago…The champs (again self proclaimed) used everything possible to beat India at their home… The tactics included… one bump catch out, umpire’s “timely” wrong decisions, false charges on opposition’s in form offie.. etc etc.. the list is never ending.. They tried the same in India.. managed to catch in form batsman in some controversy and made him sit out ,but could not manage umpires… The matches were played according to cricket rules and the result is out… 320 runs and 172 runs.. both margins really big. When did any team won by that margin last time?.. This proves it all.. Play by cricket rules and you are a minnow..

 

To the self proclaimed BATSMAN.. who could not even understand when the bails were off the stumps… man .. you try to break the GOD’s record.. you must be kidding.. how many centuries have you scored against strong teams and how many times you were given out in a wrong manner in your ninties???  Count GOD’s missed centuries ( missed b’cos of umpires)… even that number will be greater than number of centuries you have scored (that too against weaker teams).. In your entire career as a player (I am purposely not calling you a sportsman), were you for a single time, the best player in team??? Or were you a mentor for entire team?? Or has your coach ever said that no one is qualified enough to coach it..

 

Forget it.. Now you know.. who the real winners are…

 

One Free Advice to the real loser .. Go and learn some rules of the game of Cricket.… and practice playing by those rules.. It’s better to play by the rules instead of provoking opposition, false accusations and managing umpires, although it is more difficult.. After all it’s a Gentlemen’s game.. hardly your cup of tea…

 

14 comments:

MaNia said...

Be specific..... Who r real kulprits ? One who commited or who never tried to stop them.
You have given example how they managed to sit one batsman....whos fault was that..As per the rules whoever logs first the complaint gets first preference. if u r saying they r doing wrong, then tekk the world that they wrong by the official way...So dont complaint if they use the same against you when u had a choice....

Aditi...... said...

wah wah!!!
very nice... :)

Guruprasad said...

Everyone knows who the real culprits are.. I dont want to write dirty name here.. And about complaints and other stuff.. these things are not in our control.. we , for that matter including u, me and all ppl who believe that the game should be played in fair manner, should send these suggestions, steps etc.. to the concerned authorities.. Anyways thanks for the suggestion and be clear whether u agree or not..

Guruprasad said...

To Aditi,

Thanks a lot for your precious comments.. Please provide suggestions and improvements if any.. as I am new to this world , I need to learn a lot... your invaluable suggestions will always be helpful

MaNia said...

very good(if u consider abouting the way of writing)

Unknown said...

waahhh!!!!
waahhh!!!!
only few people in this country will agree on so called DADA's remarks(u havent mentioned the name but we know all who he is . . . . ....hahahaha)because they only believe what they see and not the inside story........
good choice of words I must say...
shows that you have appeared for GRE and TOEFL recently...hehe
I m really looking forward to ur blog entries abt our favorite topic

Unknown said...

good ya..
Indian cricket team rocks \m/

Hitesh said...

Shud be included on every cricketing book that gets published...

Unknown said...

Ur ri8....
But, how to teach all players to play with rules...
is anyone following them?
There may be 1% of them who are following, but what about other 99%?

Yogendra said...

Hi..
Its a good article I must say...But it gets tangential only because somewhere it becomes vague. Also too many comments (in the bracket) help loose the essence of the article...
But still, well said...
And good topic selected to creat a blog of..

AmitHK said...

Dude,
Its a really nice article... Good usage of adjectives and metaphor. The humor was awesome.
Without actually saying anything, you said a lot, I must say.
Keep on writing such articles.

amit_ashtoorkar said...

Nice blog.... dude....

Amey Mankar's said...

n00b blogger.. :)
it seems to be ur first post gurya as a blogger..
ws expeting it to be something related to our religion HINDU..
:)

Unknown said...

Hey,

That's well said. I m in full support with you dude. You are right, people who blame others should have that LEVEL but Aussies.

They beleive in playing mindgames(only). And we beleive its part of a game and not a whole. And same is the case with Sledging, Its always better to keep your mouth shut and play a game to win rather keep loosing with dirty mouth.

Keep writting, Very nice!!!